Chapter 97 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 97

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 97.18

तद्वाक्यं लक्ष्मणः श्रुत्वा व्रीडितः प्रत्युवाच ह। त्वां मन्ये द्रष्टुमायातः पिता दशरथः स्वयम्॥

tadvākyaṃ lakṣmaṇaḥ śrutvā vrīḍitaḥ pratyuvāca ha| tvāṃ manye draṣṭumāyātaḥ pitā daśarathaḥ svayam||

English Meaning

And hearing those words, Lakşmaņa affected 'by shame, answered, I conceive our father Daśaratha himself has come to see you.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)